HISTORY

Index

1946 Proposal
1947 Final Plan
1948 - 1959
1960 - 1969
1970 - 1979
1980 - 1989
1990 - 1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

 

  

NANP Area Code History: 2007

With the advent of the widespread implementation of voice over IP and the possibility of an ARPA internet-routed solution that would integrate phone numbers and IP addresses, demand for area codes remained at lows not seen since the late 1980s.
   

  
 

PERMISSIVE USE

MANDATORY USE

STILL UNDER REVIEW APPROVED, PENDING ACTIVATION

Old

New
Type

State (linked): Geographic Description
( Map Link )   Test Number

Permissive
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Mandatory

815 779
Overlay
IL: Northwestern Illinois
(779) 779-0000
prior
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10D (M)
02/17/07
---
NPA
03/17/07
630 331
Overlay
IL: Southwestern Chicago Suburbs
(331) 330-0331
prior
---
1+10D (M)
30 days after
exhaust of
630 NPA
---
NPA
30 days after
exhaust of
630 NPA
505 575
Split
NM: Northwestern New Mexico Permissive
10/07/07
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Mandatory
10/05/08
503 971
Overlay
Expansion
OR: Northwestern Oregon 10D (P)
10/21/07
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10D (M)
04/27/08
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NPA
04/27/08

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